There are a lot of Westerners who do not understand why there are so many Central Asians in Moscow.
I have seen people who I know for a fact are State Department activists attempting to sell anti-Russian sentiment to the right-wing by claiming that “Russia has allowed mass Islamic immigration,” implying the situation is somehow analogous to what America and Western Europe have done. In fact, the situation in Russia is entirely different.
Before the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire invaded various territories to the south. This was somewhat like the Russian version of colonialism, they just did it by land instead of by sea. The empire was as massive as a colonial empire, and because it was contiguous with Russia proper, it was easier to administrate.
During the Soviet period, there was a program of Russifying these southern territories, as well as expanding them (think the Russian invasion of Afghanistan). The results were mixed, but overall not great. What they did do is teach all of these people the Russian language, and in many places, Russian supplanted the local language as the first language, and was definitely understood by everyone in the region, who needed it as a linga franca between people who spoke various different (primarily Turkic) languages.
During the USSR, however, people had internal passports, which meant that you could not just get on a train from Chechnya or Uzbekistan and go loiter on the streets of Moscow. To go to Moscow, you had to have some specific reason.
Cut to the collapse of the USSR, and all of these partially-integrated provinces in the south wanted independence. Most of them got it, while Chechnya got leveled and forced to remain a part of Russia. Obviously, the collapse of the USSR created a large-scale economic crisis, and so it was allowed for these Central Asians to come to Moscow (they are virtually all in Moscow, not spread out across the country) and be employed as low-wage migrant workers. It’s somewhat ironic, however, that people from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and other Soviet breakaway states had more freedom of movement in Russia following their independence than they did when they were a part of Russia.
Another major part of the issue is that Russia wants to maintain strict alliances with the southern countries so they do not go to the US as an ally and end up creating Ukraine-type situations.
The situation is nothing like the situation in the West, where politicians are pushing for “diversity” for social engineering purposes, but it is nonetheless a major problem for the people of Moscow, who do not want to live with millions of Central Asians.
The Putin government has used the opportunity of the war in the Ukraine to push for a lot of domestic social reforms, including restricting US propaganda and further suffocating the Western-backed homo*****ualist movement. Recently, Russia declared war on feminist groups promoting anal-natal policies.
The Patriarch of the Russian Church called for getting Moslems out of Moscow back in November of last year, and it’s unlikely he would have said that without running it by Putin (not that the Russian church is subservient to the government, but they do consult with them on political issues). Finally, a year after the Patriarch’s statements, a top official in the Kremlin is addressing this issue.
RT:
Russian migration policy should only reflect national interests and those who do not work or study in the country should be made to leave, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, made the remarks on Thursday while addressing a meeting on state migration policies.
“Migration policy should truly meet the interests of our citizens, and not some foreign states or groups of states, no matter how important they are for us,” Medvedev said. He added that government agencies needed to establish strict control over these policies as a matter of national security.
The former president also stressed the importance of preventing the formation of “ethnic enclaves” in Russia, which create fertile ground for the spread of extremism and terrorism.
“We must know exactly who and why they have arrived, where they work and live, whether they are ready to integrate into Russian society[.]” Medvedev explained.
In my experience, unless they’re white, they have no interest in integrating into Russian society. The Moslem men have ***** with Russian women, and even marry them, but then they raise the *****ren as Moslems.
I assume when Medvedev talks about integration, he’s talking about Europeans. No one has ever seen a Central Asian integrate. This is despite the fact that they speak the language and in the case of Chechnya and Dagestan, are actually citizens of the Russian Federation.
These people are not as violent as the blacks in America, but they have the same sort of attitude of hostility towards the natural population of the country.
Migrants who do not work or study in Russia should ultimately leave the country, he said, adding that low-skilled migrants should stay only for their defined work period.
At the same time, Medvedev said that Russia should create conditions to encourage “high-skilled specialists” to work in the country.
He also urged tighter supervision of the integration of migrant *****ren into society. *****ren who do not know the Russian language should no longer be admitted to schools, he said, arguing that this negatively impacts the general level of education in the country. “It’s time to end it,” according to Medvedev.
Those are great comments.
In terms of people who don’t speak the language, there have been Turks from Turkey coming into Russia more and more, and this is disgusting and should not be allowed simply because Russia has a geopolitical relationship with Turkey. These people all have to go back, and frankly, there need to be restrictions on Chechens and Dagestanis as well.
Statistics show that 70% of Russians are in favor of tightening migration policy, Medvedev said, citing a VCIOM poll. He added that Russian citizens are tired of the “outrageous behavior of individual migrants.”
The former president also called for the introduction of a ‘digital migrant profile’ to identify foreigners throughout the country.
This week, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said the city would begin issuing smart ID cards for migrants arriving in Russia from 2025 as part of an ongoing trial.
Well, I’ll be happy if Sobyanin finally does anything about something. The entire city will be in shock. People might start having seizures on the street when they hear the news.
Anyway, Medvedev usually only makes these kinds of comments when the wheels are ready to start moving. A program to move out these Moslems and other undesirables is being coupled with a move to allow Europeans to come in.
The image of Russia as a white Christian empire is not totally clear now, but it is certainly coming into view. They’ve gotten rid of many of the Jews over the last couple years. They need to move out these immigrants, and they really need to crack down on women by moving to ban or at least severely restrict abortion.
The thing to understand is: everything is going in the right direction. The collapse of communism was a big problem. There were also a lot of things about communism that were less than ideal. So it’s an uphill movement to fix the society over the decades, but it’s really sped up since the war in the Ukraine started and the US sanctions did so much to boost the Russian economy. The future of Russia as the avatar and standard bearer of White Christian Civilization is very clear.